Intergraf Identity High __ Tuesday 17/10/2023
Malik
Alibegovic
Forensic Analyst
INTERPOL Lyon
France
Patrick
Beer
Senior Advisor
Federal Office of Police (FEDPOL)
Switzerland
Jordan
Brough
Senior Forensic Document Examiner, Research and Development
Homeland Security Investigations Forensic Laboratory
United States of America
Belinda
Garcia
Director
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
United States of America
Michael
Kasch
Managing Director
Orell Füssli Security Printing Ltd.
Switzerland
Marcin
Lemieszek
Questioned Document Expert
Warsaw Metropolitan Police
Poland
Mei
Ngan
Computer Scientist
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
United States of America
Tony
Poole
President
Document Security Alliance
United States of America
Jonathan
Rochon
Technical Advisor, Secure Documents
Government of Canada, Passport Program
Canada
Dieter
Sauter
Vice President & General Manager Value Printing
Bundesdruckerei GmbH
Germany
Luther
Schaeffer
Senior Physical Scientist, Research and Development
Homeland Security Investigations Forensic Laboratory
United States of America
Volker
Schimmel
Head of the Global Data Service
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
Denmark
Uwe
Seidel
Scientific Director
Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA)
Germany
Christian
Weigand
Specialist Document Examiner
Federal Criminal Police Office
Germany
Malik
Alibegovic
Forensic Analyst
INTERPOL Lyon
France
Tuesday 17/10/2023 09.05-09.25
Joint session Identity/Currency
Presentation
Currency+Identity
Auditorium 1
Speaker
Malik Alibegovic career led him through a range of activities and initiatives aimed at the prevention and suppression of counterfeit currency and security documents.
Malik holds a bachelor’s degree in Printing Management from the London College of Printing and a Master's Degree in Financial Investigations and Financial Crime from Teesside University.
He currently works as a Forensic Analyst at INTERPOL's Counterfeit Currency and Security Documents Branch in Lyon, France.
INTERPOL’s response to travel document fraud and currency counterfeiting
Security challenges are increasingly regional, but also global, and have a direct impact on national security and the sustainable development of society. Some of these challenges are linked to criminal activities involving false and fraudulent identity and travel documents. Malik will present INTERPOL’s role and its response to identity and travel document fraud and will also address the current global situation of currency counterfeiting.
Patrick
Beer
Senior Advisor
Federal Office of Police (FEDPOL)
Switzerland
Tuesday 17/10/2023 15.30-15.50
Identity High
Presentation
Identity
Auditorium 1
Speaker
Armed with a Master's degree in Forensic Science from the University of Lausanne, Patrick Beer began as a crime scene officer in Geneva's police. Climbing the ranks, he found his home at the Swiss Federal Office of Police (FEDPOL) since 2002.
Within FEDPOL, he's taken on diverse roles in document renewal projects and sits on the technical committee.
Now a senior advisor in the Technology and Development of Documents unit, he's also active in the ICAO New Technologies Working Group and the Implementation and Capacity Building Working Group.
Of summits and water - behind the scenes of the new Swiss document family
The new edition of the famous red cover passport was launched in October 2022; the identity card followed a few months later. This presentation will give you an inside look into the new Swiss state-of-the-art document family.
Jordan
Brough
Senior Forensic Document Examiner, Research and Development
Homeland Security Investigations Forensic Laboratory
United States of America
Tuesday 17/10/2023 11.35-11.55
Identity High
Identity
Auditorium 1
Speaker
Jordan Brough began his career as a graphic designer for many well-known international brands. Because of his penchant for complex geometric designs, Jordan eventually became interested in the topics of security design and counterfeiting.
Jordan obtained a Master of Forensic Science degree from The George Washington University. After a short stint at the U.S. Secret Service, Jordan was hired by the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Forensic Laboratory as a forensic document examiner, specializing in adversarial analysis and counterfeit deterrence.
Jordan spends his time examining suspect documents for authenticity, testing security documents for vulnerabilities, and consulting with United States security designers to help create counterfeit resistant documents.
Jordan has conducted workshops and given presentations around the world on the topics of security document design, security feature implementation strategies, and emerging technologies used for counterfeiting.
Unveiling the future: AI and counterfeit documents – Preparing for the inevitable threat
Delve into the looming threat of counterfeit documents in an increasingly digitized world and explore the pressing concerns surrounding cutting-edge technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, as they pertain to the creation of sophisticated counterfeit documents. Gain valuable insights into the potential risks and challenges posed by AI-driven advancements in document forgery.
Belinda
Garcia
Director
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
United States of America
Tuesday 17/10/2023 15.50-16.10
Identity High
Presentation
Identity
Auditorium 1
Speaker
Belinda Garcia is the Director of the Fraudulent Document Analysis Unit with Customs and Border Protection. She is responsible for the management of programs that support field personnel in their mission to remove fraudulent documents from circulation and prevent the use of these documents by mala fide travellers attempting to enter the United States. Members of this unit perform in-depth analysis of documents seized by CBP personnel nationwide to uncover global patterns and trends.
Belinda has held front-line leadership positions such as Assistant Port Director for the Area Port of San Francisco; Assistant Port Director for the Port of Washington, D.C; and acting Port Director for Dulles and Baltimore International Airports. Her area of responsibility extended to 11 airports in five different states where she led modernisation efforts by aiding the deployment of new identity verification technology.
CBP techniques for combating document fraud
This presentation will discuss the recent fraudulent document interceptions in the U.S. and tactics employed to combat established and emerging trends.
Michael
Kasch
Managing Director
Orell Füssli Security Printing Ltd.
Switzerland
Tuesday 17/10/2023 15.30-17.05
Identity High
Identity
Auditorium 1
Chair
Michael holds a Diploma in Organic Chemistry from Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany, where he gained a PhD in Organic Synthesis and worked as a Scientific Assistant from 1994 to 1996.
In 1997, Michael became R&D Manager at the Consortium for Electrochemical Industry (Central Research Company of Wacker Chemie AG) in Munich and took over responsibility for the development of organic effect pigments for coatings, paints and (security) printing inks.
In 1999, he was appointed Laboratory Head Technical Marketing at Wacker Chemie AG in Burghausen, where he overlooked business development and product management for organic effect pigments for security printing, cosmetics and automotive coatings.
Michael then joined the security ink specialist SICPA in 2005, heading their operations in Germany as Managing Director, and in 2010 became responsible for Western Europe and Canada as well, as Regional Business Director Banknote.
Since January 2019 Michael has been Managing Director of Orell Füssli’s security printing division.
Identity High
Marcin
Lemieszek
Questioned Document Expert
Warsaw Metropolitan Police
Poland
Tuesday 17/10/2023 14.00-14.20
Identity High
Presentation
Identity
Auditorium 1
Speaker
Marcin Lemieszek has been a Questioned Document Expert at the Forensic Laboratory of Warsaw Metropolitan Police since 2015 and deals with document-related crimes.
He also provides training to frontline policemen to verify the authenticity of documents, and to future questioned document experts from Forensic Laboratories of the Polish Police.
To be able to deliver first-line, hands-on support to others, he still regularly takes part in police patrols controlling vehicles and drivers.
From 2016 to 2019, Marcin was a member of the Committee of Experts of Questioned Documents of Poland’s Ministry of Interior and Administration and he has been serving on its Commission for Public Documents since 2019.
The fight against document forgery - detection and training
The training of frontline officers is the key to success in the fight against document forgery. Marcin will present an example of successful training implementation and its results.
Mei
Ngan
Computer Scientist
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
United States of America
Tuesday 17/10/2023 16.10-16.30
Identity High
Presentation
Identity
Auditorium 1
Speaker
Mei Ngan is a scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Her research focus includes the evaluation of face and tattoo recognition technologies.
She is currently involved in several key face recognition testing activities at NIST, which include running the Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) MORPH project to evaluate face morphing detection algorithms and the FRVT PAD project to evaluate presentation attack detection capabilities.
Mei has authored and co-authored various technical publications, including the accuracy of face recognition with face masks and performance of facial age and gender estimation algorithms.
She was awarded the United States Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award in 2020 and was a recipient of the 2020 Women in Biometrics Award, a globally-recognized award honouring innovative women in the biometrics field.
Updates on face morphing and software-based presentation attack detection
Technology advances in automated face recognition (FR) have motivated its ubiquitous deployment in both government and commercial applications. Ways to attack FR systems have consecutively surfaced and advanced, driving the need for technology that can detect these attacks and for testing the effectiveness of such technology. This presentation will give the latest updates on face morphing detection and software-based presentation attack detection out of the NIST Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Program.
Tony
Poole
President
Document Security Alliance
United States of America
Tuesday 17/10/2023 13.40-14.00
Identity High
Identity
Auditorium 1/2
Speaker
Tony has more than 20 years’ experience in government business development, marketing, management and public policy.
As an expert in counterfeit deterrence technologies, he leads AJW’s Document Security practice and supports industry leading companies in formulating and implementing strategies for the development, introduction, and adoption of high security production equipment and sophisticated anti-counterfeit security devices/documents for major agencies of the United States Government.
Leveraging his counterfeit deterrence expertise, Tony has been an active member of the Document Security Alliance for over a decade; prior to his current position as President, he served as Industry Board Member for two terms and as Chairman of DSA’s Program Committee.
Tony is a member of the Advisory Board of ID and Secure Document News.
He co-founded the Banknote Conference and served as Director for more than 14 years.
Tony holds a Bachelors in Business Management degree from James Madison University.
The impact of counterfeiting in North America and what to do about it
The counterfeiting of identity documents (driver’s licenses) in North America is pervasive. This presentation explores the how counterfeit documents are sourced, how counterfeit organizations are rated by consumers, how state licenses are targeted, and the impact of counterfeiting on the U.S. economy and personal safety. Additionally, this presentation will explain some of the measures that can be taken to address the counterfeiting problem.
Jonathan
Rochon
Technical Advisor, Secure Documents
Government of Canada, Passport Program
Canada
Tuesday 17/10/2023 10.55-11.15
Identity High
Presentation
Identity
Auditorium 1
Speaker
Jonathan Rochon joined Canada’s passport program in 2002.
Originally working at the front lines as a passport examiner, he later oversaw departmental personnel security screening services and related physical security matters before migrating to the field of secure documents in 2008.
Over the course of the past 12 years, Jonathan has developed an expertise in the competitive procurement, evaluation and implementation of passport contracts and solutions.
In so doing, he has overseen travel document design services and the integration of security features, personalization technologies, quality assurances measures and related issuance applications in a complex decentralized issuance network in Canada and abroad.
Jonathan has now overseen the development of the 2013 A Series Canadian Passport as well as the end-to-end research, development, procurement and design of the most recent 2023 B Series, introducing significant technological, security, and design enhancements to the document.
The new Canadian passport, B Series
This presentation will examine the 10-year process of developing requirements and a new passport design, including the many hurdles and successes that such an operation involves.
Dieter
Sauter
Vice President & General Manager Value Printing
Bundesdruckerei GmbH
Germany
Tuesday 17/10/2023 09.00-10.00
Joint session Identity/Currency
Currency+Identity
Auditorium 1/2
Chair
Dieter studied Physics at the University of Tübingen and the University of Stuttgart.
From 1996 to 2000, he worked as a Scientific Assistant at the Institute for Nonmetallic Inorganic Materials, University of Stuttgart and joined the Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Berlin as a Project Manager, Research & Development Division in 2000, becoming Product Manager, Process Engineering at Robert Bosch GmbH, Reutlingen in 2002.
Between 2005 and 2006, Dieter worked as a Patent Coordinator in the Banknote Printing Division of Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, München. In 2007 he took over as Regional Sales Director of the Southern & Eastern Africa Banknote Printing Division.
From 2011 to 2018, Dieter was Head of Research & Development at Orell Füssli Security Documents Ltd, Zurich. He also was appointed Head of Security Printing Division and Chief Technology Officer of the Orell Füssli Group on 1 April 2014.
Dieter took over as Chairman of Intergraf's Committee of Experts in October 2016. In 2019, he became Vice President & General Manager of the Business Unit Value Printing at the Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Berlin.
Joint Session Identity/Currency
Luther
Schaeffer
Senior Physical Scientist, Research and Development
Homeland Security Investigations Forensic Laboratory
United States of America
Tuesday 17/10/2023 11.35-11.55
Identity High
Identity
Auditorium 1
Speaker
Luther Schaeffer is a physical scientist in the Questioned Documents/R&D section at the U.S. DHS Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Forensic Laboratory.
Prior to joining the HSI Forensic Laboratory, Luther held positions as a physical scientist in the Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences at the National Institute of Justice of the U.S. Department of Justice, as a forensic chemist with U.S. Customs and Border Protection Lab and Scientific Services Directorate, and as an analytical chemist for the Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL), a laboratory specializing in explosives detection and personnel screening technologies.
Luther has a B.S. in Chemistry, M.S. in Analytical Chemistry, and an M.S. in Forensic Chemistry.
Unveiling the future: AI and counterfeit documents – Preparing for the inevitable threat
Delve into the looming threat of counterfeit documents in an increasingly digitized world and explore the pressing concerns surrounding cutting-edge technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, as they pertain to the creation of sophisticated counterfeit documents. Gain valuable insights into the potential risks and challenges posed by AI-driven advancements in document forgery.
Volker
Schimmel
Head of the Global Data Service
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
Denmark
Tuesday 17/10/2023 14.20-14.40
Identity High
Presentation
Identity
Auditorium 1
Speaker
Volker Schimmel holds an MSc in International Relations and Conflict Studies.
Having worked on conflict and displacement in London, he joined the UN in 2003 starting with UNHCR in the Great Lakes.
He worked with OCHA, rolling out the Field Information and Data Management System, and with the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on camp improvement projects and innovative solutions to protracted displacement.
Since 2012, he rejoined UNHCR, working in the Middle East region and most recently was the Deputy Head of the UNHCR-World Bank Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement in Copenhagen.
Managing identities of the forcibly displaced – Going digital and staying ahead
When individuals are forced to flee, their identity management needs are shaped by international conventions, diverse host-country laws, the immediate need for protection and well-being, and above all, overwhelmingly deep humanitarian considerations. How does UNHCR cope with the challenges this brings in the digital age and align with global best practices?
Uwe
Seidel
Scientific Director
Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA)
Germany
Tuesday 17/10/2023 10.45-12.10
Identity High
Identity
Auditorium 1/2
Chair
Uwe studied experimental physics and optics at the University of Jena and the York University, Toronto.
After some years in industry with the AGFA-Gevaert company, he joined the Forensic Science Institute of the German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt) as an ID document expert in 2000 and is now heading the BKA’s IT Forensics and Document section.
Uwe was actively involved in various projects dealing with the introduction of biometric technology into German travel documents, the development of the electronic ID card and recently, the new German EU passport.
He is an active member of ICAO's New Technology Working Group and of the ICAO Technical Advisory Group TAG/TRIP.
Identity High
Christian
Weigand
Specialist Document Examiner
Federal Criminal Police Office
Germany
Tuesday 17/10/2023 09.25-09.45
Joint session Identity/Currency
Presentation
Currency+Identity
Auditorium 1
Speaker
Christian Weigand joined the department of Questioned Documents, ID Systems of the Forensic Science Institute of the German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt-BKA) in 2016.
He is the head of the security document specimen collection at the BKA and is involved in topics of machine authentication, information exchange and teaching in the field of DOVIDs for security documents.
His latest work focuses on systematic studies of document examination using video and still image recordings, the development of DOVIDs for German security documents, as well as digital reference databases and information exchange platforms.
Video-based document examination – is that even possible?
Some online identification services rely on video calls using a smartphone camera or webcam. But how reliably can security features of ID-cards or passports even be verified during such video calls?